PASTEL PENCIL ARTIST & TUTOR

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WHO IS COLIN BRADLEY?

Colin Bradley became a professional artist in 1982 and opened his gallery in Broadstairs the same year. The gallery sold Colin’s watercolours, pen and ink prints as well as other works by local artists.

It was on a shopping trip to a local art store that led Colin to discover the pastel pencil medium. He had been asked by a friend to paint a picture of his friend’s pet dog. Having tried several times to paint the animal Colin had to give up, the watercolour medium just did not produce the results he wanted.

The pastel pencils however proved to be an ideal medium for producing the realism Colin sought and although he did not know it at the time this encounter was going to dramatically change his life.

The pastel pencil soon proved to be a major art medium and Colin concentrated on learning as much as he could about the pencils, creating his own techniques that were to be the foundation of the medium as it is known today. He became so successful that he was soon asked to demonstrate his skills at leading art shows around the country.

Colin started teaching the pastel pencils in 1987 to a small group of students and found that he both enjoyed the experience and had the ability to enthuse his students, bringing out skills they did not know they had.

WHERE NEXT?

Colin is now considered to be the leading exponent of the pastel pencil medium in the UK and is in constant demand as a demonstrator and tutor.

He has contributed many articles to the leading art magazines both here and in the US and has appeared numerous times on television demonstrating his skills with the pastel pencil.

“I am very much a beginner with pastels and up until I joined your site I’ve been making it up as I went along with very mixed results. (smile) I really do enjoy your tutorials and can’t help but laugh when you talk to yourself which is something I do all the time. What’s more you seem to ask yourself just the question that I would ask you if I were in your studio. Brilliant!”

Anne

“I cant wait for the next session, I never thought that I would be able to produce paintings as good as I do thanks to your tuition.”